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e | i 5 a oa ee et rat pe ee rede fA Bega LY PA AP " ha hy, tre UNM rs ee ad apparatuses were intact and the plane did not explode. They thought | that the pilot had committed suicide. And now it is known that he is alive and the North American press censures him very severely for having violated the instructions; instead of committing suicide, he gave himself up. In the United States are people who say the pilot should be tried for having not complied with the instructions to commit suicide. They are barbaric reasonings. There you have the ideology of imperialism. ‘You North Americans, do you read your newspapers? It is rather horrible." Question: "Did the North American Charge ¢ d' Affaires direct to you a request for an interview with POWERS ?" N. S. KHRUSHCHEV: ‘The North Americans sent a note concerning this matter, asking us for permission to interview him. — But they understand that it is too much to ask. The pilot is subject to interrogation. He isa spy. How can people talk about interviewing him now? He has to answer before our Soviet court." Question: “Does this mean that neither the Ambassador nor the Charge d'Affaires will be permitted to interview POWERS rau N. §. KHRUSHCHEV: "I have not said that. We shall decide about it. Perhaps they will talk to him; perhaps, not. I cannot answer this question at this point because the interrogation continues." Question: will you consider as acts of aggression the airplane flights of the Western powers to Berlin after the signing of the peace treaty with East Germany?" N. 8. KHRUSHCHEV: "We have already made a declaration concerning this. I repeat: After the signing of the peace treaty with the German Democratic Republic, the status, determined by the - conditions which arose from the military capitulation, will change with respect to this territory. At that moment the occupation of West Berlin will be concluded and terminate the access to West Berlin based on the capitulation of Germany. The German Democratic Republic will control its territory entirely and likewise the access to West Berlin, situated | ---, in the same. If the German Democratic Republic comes to an agreement - 15-